Ink-well.



Fl A. ZEMOJTEL.

|NKwELL. l APPLICATION FILED .IULY20.1917.

Patented Nov. 13. 1917.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

FABIAN A. zEMoJ'rEL, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoH 0E' ONE-THIRD To .IosEPH soBoLEwsKI, oE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

INK-WELL.

Appneatioafneaaulyao,1917. seria1No.1s1,92o.

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, FABIAN A. .ZEivIoJ'rEm a citizen of Russia, residing at Phlladelphla,

in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania7 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ink-Wells, of which c the following is a specification.

This invention, relates to new and useful improvements in ink wells. A

The primary obj ect of the invention is the provision of an ink well adapted for regulating the amount of ink serviceable for writing purposes and for readily renewing the same from a storage portion of the device.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an ink well adapted for storing a quantity of writing fluid, and provided with a serviceable well in which the depth of the fluid is regulated at will so that only a small required amount may be obtained therein readily renewable when found desirable.

Vith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination and parts hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the drawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to Corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a view ofthe device partly in side elevation and partly in central longitudinal section.

Fig. 2 is a central sectional view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same and Fig. 4 is a central sectional view of a slightly modifedxform of the device.

Referring more in detail to the drawing the device broadly consists of a body 10, formed of such material as glass with a storage chamber 11 for writing fluid formed therein. The body 10 is preferably in the form of a truncated cone having an axially arranged recess or socket 12 opening at the top 13 of the body 10 and being downwardly tapered forming a seat 14 at the bottom thereof.

A port 15 is arranged between the chamber 11 and the socket 12 while the well or cup 16 is mounted in the socket 12 and conforming thereto in shape, with the bottom 17 ofthe cup seated upon the bottom 14 of the socket 12 while the4 perforation' 18 is arranged through said cup bottom 17. A projecting fiange -19 is provided at the top of the'cup- 16 preferably having Va roughened outer end 2O for convenience 1n grasping when desired vto revolve the cup 16 relatively of the body 10. A passage` 21 is provided through the wall 22 between/the socket 12 and the chamber 11, whereby the chamber 11 may be readily supplied with ink as 23 through the said passage 21 when the cup 16 is removed. It is to be noted that the opening 21 in addition to functioning as a filing opening, may more importantly be utilized as Aan exit opening, its position relative to the outer end of the container permitting the entire contents of the container beingemptied. When the ink in the container 10 is allowed to remain for a suiiicient length of time without being used, the same will thicken and cling to the bottom and side walls of the container, which necessitates a flushing with clean water to remove same. It is only necessary to invert the container and permit the entire contents being removed by way of the opening 21.

The operation of the device will be apparent from this description thereof, it being understood that a supply of ink 28 being provided in chamber 11, with the cup 16 in its normal position in socket 12, and with the perforation 18 out of alinement with the port 15 whereby said port is normally closed preventing the flow of ink 23 from the chamber 11 into the cup 16. By grasping the end 20, the cup 16 may be turned for bringing the perforation 1S in alinement with the port 15 and thereby permitting the ink to fill the Cup 16 to the desired height, and whereupon the cup is again turned preventing the further entering of ink into the same.

It is often desired to maintain the depth of the ink within an ink well, substantially the same at all times, and this can be readily accomplished by the present device. In the modified form of construction shown in Fig. 4, the body 10 is provided with an ink chamber 11 therein, while a funnel shaped wall 22 centrally depends into the said chamber having a bottom 14 provided with a port 15 throughout for communicating with the ink chamber 11. A tapered cup 16 is journaled within the socket 12 provided centrally of the Wall 22", thesaid cup to'be ythe preferable employments` thereof,

with the port l5 for supplying ink to the cup 16.

Vhile the forms of the invention herein shown and described are what are believed it will nevertheless be understood that minor changes may be made therein Without departingfrom. the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

llhat I claim asnew is An inkwell of the type described, including a bodyportion having a storage chamber, said storage-chamber having a downwardly tapered socket-member therein havingv a ported bottom, said ported bottom being spaced off from the bottom of the storage-chamber to form a communication therebetween thro-ugh the port of said bottom, and a cup forming the Well proper of corresponding tapered outline as said socketmemberorand fitting therein andr having a port in its lower end adapted initially to occupy aposition out of alinement With the port in the bottom of said socket-member, and to be'brought into alinement With said ylatter referred to port in supplyingI the ink- Well With ink.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FABIAN A. ZEMOJ TEL.

Copiesoi this patent may be obtained for ve cents' each, by addressing the Commissioner ofy Patents,

Washington, D. 0. Y 

